The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-05
HAWKINSS SWEETHEART.
MS TALK WITH HER AFTER HE MUIR
DERkD HIS MOTHER.

DEKED HIN MOIhhH.
It IL sa,e he Never Meant to Marry her.
and that Money wa. hts Motive for the
Crine-saiss shreck's Coed Character.
The removal OF f. Asbury Hawkins, tho
self.confessed murderer Of his mother, from
Constable Beniamin's house In Bay Shore to
the Suffolk county jail. In Riverhead.w was safely
accomplished yesterday morning. Tho pris-
oner had lost some Of his GOODNESS and bra
vado He was nervous, but apparently not
afraid Of the carrying out OF any threats OF
lynchinR. Thcre had been some such talk. and
he had doubtless heard Of II. but there WAS
nothing In 1t but tho vaporings Of a few irro-
sponsible men. Tho most Of the men
Of Islip. which township includes tho
settlements Of Islip. Central Islip and
Bay Shore, are thoroughly law-abiding
In temper and disposition. They were
stirred up to a remarkable degree for them by
the unnatural crime OF their young townsman.
and they worked vigorously and intelligently
in assisting the officials to pick up tho clues
that lcd so Enthusiastically to the guilty one
They were 30 plain that this seems to have
been young Hawkins's reliance. He seemed to
have astutely reasoned that no would not be
suspected OF the crime on account OF bis re-
lationship to the victim as we'll rs because Of
the absence OF any effort to hide tho body
This seemed to him. and he had cooly
thought It all over while driving two
miles with the bleeding body OF his murdered
mother an excellent scheme for causing 1t to
be supposed that the killing was done by
tramps. In this he was 80 far successful that
the case was deemed a dark mystery. such rs
Long Island has furnished several Of long af-
ter the track OF the murderous son began to
be plainly seen In the matter; The people were
stunned and staggered by the suspicion. and
gould hardly arc credit the horrible truth in the
Tho motive for the crime. as given in the
sons confession. is still not fully credited. and
thought to have aciua1ed him when he Induced
his mother to get into the buggy. The desire
ia movs ?. sd ,np S %
th BY her asa he for
Gss IN .e ehsrs
ALREADY men,ioned il HE SUM- Is rexardsd as
very significant by tho villagers, Some OF them
openly say the young murderer is enough OF a
the gaiiows. and that with the added influence no.,
Of the Hawkins family, which is Of equal
eracefal form cannot be- e. accompIlshed II any
SoRTnroRr. oet Miss Hattie shreck is
seen BY 3 syN i E;epor1sT this evening e the
Is eens ena q ME- shrsf sR
ss% e, sss,.ss I;sp H:rss:
when ths reporter rs entered the parler: She Is
Ss broWa eSs ss
~ssDins sS Ss Sas Ssssssd i S!ass sSs ;sI s!
seth 4. GlsSR, IN Bay sSors and Mr. HAWKINS
eaeh other st at that time. and became
the I marriage Would take s place as ' he would
We decided 0 e Be- ' married on 0 sundsS H.
Oct We wers t. t. BpoG piaSa
up in q buggy and said that his mother had
ssequested him to postpone the marriage: and
fRa sss dss sars
pd he es s ss Ss ana
He went away then. and promised 70 be
evsnins two detsctivss came and told me- what
did he tell you that his -, mother was op-
posed I'd to 81, his ~ m aiG lag to your"
And did he give you to understand that she
apPTHG e. s1d p IT."
"Oh. do not know. cannot think he would
do that. He was always 30 good and kind to
me, and never told me any untruth."
hero were you going to live after your
marriageP"
AT his mothers house."
lucky escape?"
cannot . Thu, think (, Of It in that way. I only
It is believed by those here who knew Haw-
kins best that he never intended to marry Miss
Shrek ut all.